江戸の敵を長崎で討つ (えどのかたきをながさきでうつ) — to hit someone where they least expect it

江えど戸の敵かたきを長なが崎さきで討うつ

to hit someone where they least expect it

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江戸の仇を長崎で討つ江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ

えどのかたきをながさきでうつ

Verb

to hit someone where they least expect it, to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place, to get revenge on someone in a different contest, to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki

idiomatic expression

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Stroke 0 / 62

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Kanji that make up this word

door・counter for houses・door radical (no. 63)

long・leader・superior・senior

chastise・attack・defeat・destroy・conquer

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江戸の敵を長崎で討つ

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